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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=cunctator cunctatoris N M :: delayer/procrastinator; one prone to delay; considerate/cautious person (L+S)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cunctātor</b>: (cont-), ōris, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> one [[who]] acts [[with]] [[hesitation]] or [[tardiness]], a delayer, [[loiterer]], [[lingerer]] (not in Cic.); in a [[bad]] [[sense]], Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: cunctato ex acerrimo bellatore [[factus]], Liv. 6, 23, 5.—In a [[good]] [[sense]], a [[considerate]] or [[cautious]] [[person]] ([[magister]] equitum Fabium) pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat, Liv. 22, 12, 12; so [[with]] [[cautus]], Tac. H. 2, 25: non [[cunctator]] iniqui [[Labdacus]], Stat. Th. 3, 79; cf.: Atheniensium populum celerem et [[supra]] [[vires]] audacem esse ad conandum, Lacedaemoniorum cunctatorem, Liv. 45, 23, 15.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>cūnctātŏr</b>,¹⁴ ōris, m. ([[cunctor]]), temporiseur, qui aime à prendre son temps, circonspect, hésitant : Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3 ; Liv. 6, 23, 5 ; [[non]] [[cunctator]] iniqui Stat. Th. 3, 79, prompt à l’injustice.
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{{Georges
|georg=cunctātor, ōris, m. ([[cunctor]]), der [[Zögerer]], [[Zauderer]], sowohl v. Langsamen od. Unschlüssigen [[als]] v. Bedachtsamen, [[nosti]] Marcellum, [[quam]] [[tardus]] et [[parum]] [[efficax]] sit; itemque [[Servius]] [[quam]] [[cunctator]], Cael. in Cic. ep.: cunctatorem ex acerrimo bellatore [[factum]], Liv.: (Fabium) [[pro]] cunctatore segnem, [[pro]] [[cauto]] timidum compellabat, Liv.: [[cunctator]] naturā ([[von]] N.), et [[cui]] cauta [[potius]] consilia cum ratione [[quam]] prospera ex casu placerent, Tac. – attrib., Atheniensium populum celerem et [[supra]] [[vires]] audacem [[esse]] ad conandum, Lacedaemoniorum cunctatorem (zum [[Zaudern]] [[geneigt]]), Liv. 45, 23, 15. – [[Cunctator]] [[Beiname]] [[des]] [[gegen]] [[Hannibal]] den [[Oberbefehl]] führenden Q. [[Fabius]] [[Maximus]]; vgl. Liv. 30, 26, 9.
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